[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2016-06: AZ Ballot Access Ruling

[Alicia Mattson]

We have an electronic mail ballot.


*Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by September 21, 2016 at 11:59:59pm
Pacific time.*
*Sponsor:*  Katz, Harlos, Hayes, Demarest

*Motion:*

Whereas, The Arizona state government's new statute increasing the
signature requirements for Libertarians and other alternative party
candidates to appear on primary ballots in Arizona by as much as 20-fold or
more is clearly unfair, burdensome, at odds with legal precedent, and
unconstitutional; and

Whereas, Plaintiffs have limited resources and could use additional legal
support in fighting to overturn this unjust statute, especially if the
federal district court ruling goes against them and an appeal is necessary;

Resolved, That the Libertarian National Committee allocates $5,000 from its
"legal offense" budget line to be used in the event of an appeal from the
District Court's ruling in AZ Libertarian Party v. Reagan, and directs its
staff and chair to reach out to groups such as the American Civil Liberties
Union, the Landmark Legal Foundation, the Pacific Legal Foundation, the
Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Center for Law and Justice,
and other alternative political parties, to invite them to file amicus
curiae briefs with the court or otherwise provide support to the plaintiffs
in the aforementioned case, and to publicize the matter on a national scope
if feasible.


-Alicia
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